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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-01

The Knights OF Labor of Dover and
vicinity have invited J. S. Gibson of the
Era, and Erastus E. Potter, the well
known labor advocate, to debate on the
labor question. and they have arranged
for it to take place in the Dover rink on
Thursday evening, Oct. Sth. just be-
fore the election last May, Potter deliy-
cred speech in which he said that the
workingmen of the country are slaves,
and that labor should be above capital.
The controversy will be concerning these
two statements. Bro. Gibson claims tc
he friend of the workingman and does
not wish to appear as antagonizing theil
interests, but he believes these state
ments to be too iar-fetched, and vii
argyle that labor and capital are equa
factors and that the intelligent working
man is slave to no one. The debat4
win no doubt be an interesting one, AM
a number OF the Knights from Morris
town expect to be in attendance.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-01

The Pacific Mail steamship City of
Para" arrived at New York last Satur-
day. A delegation of friends of the late
General Fitzpatrick was in waiting on the
dock to receive his body which was sup
posed to be on board. They were in
formed, however, that the body had not
arrived but would probably come on the
City Of Newport" due here about
Oct. 18th.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-01

The four-y ear-old son of Horace Van
Wagner, of Madison, died from the acci-
dental discharge of a shotgun Wednes-
day. He and his brother had been play
ing in the carriage house on his fathers
place, and while running about the build
ing overturned the shotgun, which ex-
ploded when it fell. The load of shot
took effect in the abdomen, and the boy
died within an hour.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-01

A general inspection parade of the
Knight Templar Communicates in New
Jersey. will take place at Asbury Park on
Thursday, Oct 9th, under command of
Grand Commander Edward W. Price.
Ode de St. Armand Commandery of Nor
ristown, will attend in full uniform and
be under the marshalship of Eminent
Commander E. N. Hopkins. Arrange
ments have been made so that any one
wishing to accompany the Commandery
to witness the parade, can do so at the
same rates the members pay-$2 10 for
the round trip.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-01

The Albo Carbon Light. li Rs5tsetl Fs re-
economical Always brilliant. For sale by
T. B. PERSON,
KAT BIN Plumber & Gas Filter, South St.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-01
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MoRRIsToWN. NJ, OCT. l, 1887.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-01
THE MORRISTOWN
6 r. M i N AR Y.
For Young Ladies' and Children,
VIII Re Open Sept. 21st.

The School is thorough in all its
appointments, and Miss Dana has
secured the following corps of
teachers to assist her in the work :
MISS BROWNELL,
History and Literature.
Latin and Natural Sciences.
MISS NELDEN.
Mathematics and Natural Sciences
MISS SYMoNDS,
Higher English and Composition,
MISS BELLE BROWNELL.
MISS oUIMBY,
MISS DowD,
MILE A. ToURNIER,
FREULEIN KoNTER.
MISS LYON,
MRS. HERcHMAN.
NINE. DE RoUcoURT.
Painting and Drawing.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-01-20
BOSTON MARKET.

BOSTON, Jan. 18th, 1887.
BUTTER.-The Butter market is firm at the
following quotations: Choice Creameries in job
lots, 32d36C; round lots, extra western, 3ld32c f;
extra northern 81 1882 lie; extra frsts, 27ln
Csc; good Junes, 22a25c fair tc good. l9G2lc.;
extra northern diaries, 22d24c.; eastern cream
cries, 2Sa29c. fine Iowa factory ladies' 2Id23 IL
cents; imitation creamery, 25g26c.: bakers but
ter and old, l0Gl5c.
CHEEsE.-The market Is still firm for cheese,
1t being firmly held on the principal that stocks
are short. Ready sales at the quotations. Sage,
lac &c.; good to choice northern, l2[dl3 l-2c;
western, 129l3 1.2c:; low grades, 9Gl0c: The
Liverpool quotation is 63s.
EGGs.-Eggs have been arriving freely and the
trade is buying very cautiously, expecting fur
decline. Some Southern eggs are arriving. Near.
by and fresh easterns, 32d34c; eastern firsts, 2s
land and New Brunswick, d3lc; limited, 2ll
24c. Held sell for 2a3c lower prices.
BEANs.-On beans the market is fairly firm and
prices steady, selling readily quotations: Yer
mont small handpicked pea. $i.75a1.s5; New
York small pea, 81 60ldI70; large pea, 81 go;
medium. .55a 80; yellow eye improved, 81 .55a
l.60; red kidney, 1.759l.95.
POTAToEs.-The potatoe market is clearing of
the surplus of p. E. /. stock, and the market
here looks like frmer prices: Houlton rose, Coo
Houlton hebrons, 6Oa63c; Aroostook rose, IS
brons, 53(a55c; New York rose, SIC; hebrons, So
a55c; northern burbarks. Jo955c-
CoRN.-Corn continues rather easy, with a full
supply offering. There were sales of steamer
yellow at SIC, but this price is not hidden very
freely. Prices: High mixed, 80 1!29 SIC; steam
er mixed, 5G5l l-2c; no grade, 4ea50c.
POULTRT.-There Is a moderate request for
poultry, with the majority of western turkeys
selling at lie, though occasionally nice lot
brings PC. Chickens are in better request but
the trade expects to buy pretty fair western at
lie. Chickens and fowls are sold at 8d9c.
FLoUR.-Quotations Fine So. 5Od 90; extras
and seconds $3.20d4.25; Michigan stone, 81. 25d
$50; winter wheat, straight and rollers, 81. 50a
800; winter patents, $525a5.5O; spring patents,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-01-20
Being a Bow.

One Of the best things in the world
to be is boy. 1t requires no expert
ence, though it needs some practice to
he good one. The disadvantage of
the position is that it does not last
long enough. 1t is soon oyer. Just
as you get used to being a boy, you
have to be something else, with a
good deal more work to do and not
half so much fun. And yet every
boy is anxious to be a man, and is
very uneasy with the restrictions that
are put upon him as boy.
There are so many bright spots in
the life of farm boy that / some
times think l should like to live the
life over again. l should almost be
willing to be a girl, if it were not for
the chores. There IS great comfort
to boy in the amount of work he
can get rid of doing. 1t is sometimes
astonishing how slow he can go on an
errand. Perhaps he couldn't explain
himself why, when he is sent to a
neighbours after yeast, he stops to
stone frogs, He is not exactly cruel,
but he wants to see if he can hit 'em.
1t is curious fact about boys that
two will be a great deal slower in
doing anything than one. Boys have
a great power of helping each other
do nothing.
But, say what you will about the
general usefulness of boys, a farm
without boy would very soon come
to grief. He is always In demand.
In the first place he is to do all the
errands, go to the store, the post
office, and to carry all sorts of mes
sages. He would like to have as
many legs as a wheel has spokes, and
rotate about in the same way. This
he sometimes tries to do, and people
who have seen him turning scarf
wheels" along the side of the road
have supposed he was amusing him
self and idling his time. He was only
| trying to invent new mode of loco
motion, so that he could economic
his legs and do his errands with great
err dispatch. "Leap frog" is one OF
his methods of getting over the ground
quickly. He has natural genius for
combining pleasure with business
Charles Dudley Warner.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-01-20

THE Town OF WEsTFIELD.-The
town of WeStfeld was first owned by
Rhode Island people who proceeded to
arrange lots and adjust terms for the
settlement of the town. There has
been secured from Providence, R. L.,
where the record was kept, a book con-
tanning the proceedings of the matter.
This book is fairly well preserved and
was well written in. Accompanying
these records is map of the town, drawn
from prOtracted scale of so chains to
the inch, and in design one of the best
maps we ever saw executed with the
pen. The first meeting recorded was at
the house of one Kimball on July %,
1856; adjourned to August II, 1856, at
the same place when and where, - Re-
solved, unanimously by the proprietOrs
of the town of Westfeld, that Captain
Stephen Smith be appointed to lay out
the town under the following re5tric-
TONS" The restrictions and reserva-
tiOnS were mainly that he take directions
from the surveyor general of Vermont
and lay the town into lots and number
each lot, at each corner, on a tree or
monument. 1t was also voted and re-
solved, g that he be allowed the sum
of five Shillings silver money, or some
thing equal thereto, per day for his time,
horse and expenses until he reaches the
town of WeSttield then he is to billet
on the provisions and fare with the rest
of the men," Capt. Smith returned to
Rhode Island from his duties and an
other meeting was held to consider the
matter further On the 2lst of Oct. 1856.
He did not allOt the - township and car
ried back these reasons :" THAT the
state of Vermont was not ready on ac-
count of some grants that were hereto
fore made by the state of New Hamp-
shire, which are now unsettled" At a
following meeting held August 23rd,
1888, Daniel Owen was appointed com
mittee to come TO Westfield and see that
the town was laid into lots. This he
did, letting the job to the surveyor gen
eral for forty-fye pounds. This bargain
was ratified by propPietOfs' meeting
January "a, 1889. The lots in this town
as first organized were sold and assign
ed to the following first settlers of this
town.
Darius Smith, Caleb Arnold. Caleb
Arnold, Jr., VIM. West, Daniel Now
rey. Simon Smith, Thomas Smith, Noah
MathewsOn, Cimon Smith, Jesse Eddy,
Daniel Warren, Daniel Owen, John
Wells. DR.. Benz. Wilkinson, Humph-
rey Wood, Thomas Burlingame, Elisha
Brown, Asa kimball, Jr., Andrew
Waterman, Simeon Sweet, Sprague Pot
ter, grammar school, college, ministers,
parsonage, town school, ASaph Wilder,
VIM. Callagrove, Jesse Foster, jeremiah
Sanders, David Arnold ,Jr., Jesse Brown,
Stephen Kelley, VIM. Waterman, John
Sprague, Thomas Owen, Amos Horton,
VIM. Wade, Daniel Owen, Jr., Reuben
Mason, David Darling, James CoWan,
Abe MathewsOn, Thomas Wood, Jere-
miah Smith Stephen Smith, Jr., John
Thomas Chittenden, Stephen
Smith, Wm, WOOd.-Retormer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-01-20
Temperance Text Books.

Messrs. Dillingham;, Mansur and
Valentine, the Commissioners ap-
pointed by the Governor to select
temperance text books for use in pub
lie schools of Vermont, have chosen
the following: Two of the Pathfinder
series, for use in the primary schools,
published by A. S. Barnes & Co., of
New York; Brands Physiology for
intermediate grades, published by
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, of Boston
and New York; Steele's Physiology
for high school use, published by A.
S. Barnes & Co.. New York, and
also small book of instructions for
teachers.
There have been some slight alter
atoms made in the books, the princi-
pal one being the omission of the ar
tiele on stimulants in "Hygine for
Young People" This article holds
that alcohol is not stimulant in the
proper sense Of the gord, but a mar
cotic. The Commissioners, finding
that there is difference of opinion
among medical men on this point, and
in order to make sure of the general
acceptance of the books and promote
their great utility, thought best to
eliminate this controverted point, or
at least to take away the positiveness
of its assertion. The books will be
distributed substantially as follows {:
Each January the town superintend-
ents are to inform the Secretary of
State how many and what books are
wanted for the ensuing year, and the
Secretary orders them sent. The pub
fishers send them to the superintend-
ents. The latter deliver them TO the
district clerks and they to the teach
ers, each taking receipt. The teach
er will be responsible for the books,
but if a scholar Injuries or destroys
one he viii be required to pay for it.
The books will be ready for distribu-
ton Immediately after the annual
school meetings in March. As we
have already stated, among the pen
alties for noncompliance with the law
is the loss of public money, but that
will not take effect this year.
The expense to the State of this
experiment seems likely to be much
less than has been expected. 1t is
thought that the cost of the new
books will not exceed $4,000 the
first year, and the total cost for five
years is likely to be kept down to
S25, 700. This is only about one
half what the opponents Of the meas
ure estimated that it would be.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-01-20

TREATMENT OF HORSESHOE. H. II.
Hill of Isle LaMotte, the horseman of
our Board of Agriculture, believes that
it depends upon the kind of service that
horses are to perform whether they re-
quire shoes. He thinks that they need
some protection for the foot if they are
to be driven much on our roads. On
soft roads or on the soil of farms they
may, perhaps, do as we'll without shoes.
In Iowa, Dakota, and some other parts
of the west, horses are seldom Shod be-
hind, and many of them are not shod at
all. A gentleman, returned from the
west, said that the roads of Iowa and of
the west generally were the hardest of
roads for horses feet in the winter when
| frozen, yet horses were constantly driy-
en- without shoes on such roads Mr..
| Hill had seen horses without shoes draw
ing loads on the hard icy roads of the
west, but he thought that corks to make
the feet stay where they were placed
would be a great help to the horses.
but improper ShOelng was a source of
great damage. Blacksmiths were apt
to think that they knew all that could
be known about shoeing a horse. Yet
with rasping, cutting, and pairing, they
spoil the feet of hundreds of horses.
He would never allow a blacksmith to
cut the frog in shoeing his horses. For
|
whole shoe. "a horse that interferes bad
ly is best shOd with light half shoe on
the outside of the hoof.
Mr.. Hill does not like corn or unmiX-
ed meal as grain feed for horses. 1t is
| too concentrated and heavy. The west
ern horses are fed largely on corn and
| grow to large size with we'll rounded
forms, but they are not equal to Yer
mont horses in muscle, strength, and
endurance; at least not until they have
become acclimated here, if at all. A
| Vermont horse is worth, and will sell,
in the cities where it is wanted for i'm
mediate use, for nearly twice as much as
a recently imported western horse of
equal age, and appearance. The roads
of the west are level and develop one set
of muscles. The roads of Vermont de-
velOp all the muscles in horse that will
be brought into play in any service. Our
climate, also, is favorable to the culture
of horses of the finest quality.
For feeding colts he recommended a
bran mash and small quantity of oats.
Oats are dangerous if fed to young colts
in large quantities. 1t is bad practice
to keep hay before horse. A horse
kept in a cold stable will gorge itself
with hay to keep up the animal heat,
and thus produce the heaves. Ten or
I twelve pounds of hay twice day is too
much for a horse properly fed. A great
many well posted horsemen now prefer
to feed hay on the floor at the head of
the stall. Inclined floors and high racks
tend to spring the knees forward.
No man with an ungovernable tenn
per is fit to handle horses. A loud
mouthed, swearing man. will soon have
his own character betrayed in any horse
that he has the care of. Horses are like
men-they will fight if provoked to it,
but with kind treatment will be tract
able. He had handled all kinds of colts
and horses, bat never found one vicious
that had been well treated
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-01-20
TIME EXTENDED !

We have concluded to extend
the time of offering the New York
Weekly Tribune and the News
AND CITIZEN, both for one year tor
$500, to February Ist, 1887, at
which time the offer will be with
drawn. If you want paper well
filled with market reports, general
news and miscellaneous literature,
take the Tribune along with this
paper and you will get all the news
worth having. Do not let this lib
eral offer go by.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-01-20
Written for the NEWS AND CITIZEN.
HUNcLE RANSOM"

The Boston & Albany has added an
other accident to the policy of railroad
destruction. This accident was pecu-
liar. 1t seems that a boyish tender
wheel thought it would play tender
foot and walk on the ties.
The train men perhaps thought that
when tired of walking it would jump on
the rail and proceed as usual. Unfor-
tunately it encountered pugillStlc
switch-frog which had out-grOWn the
frogish trick of jumping, and refused
to jump. Consequently there was a
general Knockout and the train was sac
rifsed to the god of chaos. Wheels that
are in the habit of going on tear should
be discharged and none employed except
those that have passion for riding on
rail.
There is a man in this county who
splits his wood rather fine because he
has observed that woman generally
puts three sticks in the stove at time,
whether it is coarse or fine. If any
lady wants to throw a stick at this
man. | will send her his address
Some horticultural genius has produc-
| ed a coreleSS and SeedleSS pear. When
some nursery hound comes around to
| tree you with this new variety, don t
you climb. Just wait until another fell
| low comes around with rOotleSS pear,
and then tree him.
While there is much speculation about
| the man in the moon, it is pretty certain
| that he runs both a brewery and dis
tillery He gets quarter full on beer.
and then gets ''chOck up" on some
thing stronger? then he tapers off and
takes one-fOurth of the time to sober up
in and be ready to begin again. His
Il tod hnt Ifct1 of nIoI
standing in the least. He attends the
evening parties, is present during all
moonlight rides, and tries to pull his
best girl over the front gate. No mat
ter how full he may be. it is impossible
to smell his breath because the moon
has no atmosphere.
Mr.. Garland is the only member of
Cleveland's cabinet who is not married.
Probably he will not be permitted to
marry, as he is needed for floral decOra-
tions. The administration does not
keep him for its exclusive use, but some
times loans him on great occasions. He
recently served as an ornament to some
telephone stock in the highest style of
Democratic art.
The buffalo is rapidly disappearing
from the plains and is likely to become
extinct The Presidents reform policy
appears to have the same disease.
The class in arithmetic will please
brace up and tackle the following prob
lem If one of Mr.. Evart's brief ''com-
ments" is two columns long, what is
the length of one of his speeches
Street car strikes are said to be conta-
gious. If this is the case, it seems to be
a problem for the doctors, and while
they are trying to discover a remedy, let
the people apply little prevention by
vaccinating the companies.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-01-20

MCGETTRICK AND BEECHER.-F. w.
McGettrick of st. Adams and Henry
Ward Beecher's son Herbert, both of
whom were rejected for important fed
eral appointments because they could
not clear up their financial records to
the satisfaction of the Senate, have been
made special agents of the treasury de-
partment. We now understand why
this is called reform administration"
it is in tue same sense that old topper
clubs are called reform clubs" 1t
NAV also be called a homeopathic ad-
ministratiOn, as it evidently believes that
financial irregularity will be cured by
financial opportunity or, if it be said
that no money is to go into the hands of
these men, then it must be that they are
given office on the familiar principle of
setting an honest man to catch thief
If this is not the correct version of an
old aphorism, perhaps the reader can
supply it.-Rutldnd Herald.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-01-20
The prominence of the late Colonel

The prominence of the late Colonel
Dwight of Binghamton, N. Y, as an
insured man is overthrow by the late
John Tyler of Boston. Having load
ed himself up with life insurance to
the amount of $316, 700, Mr.. Tyler
committed suicide in a Connecticut
town by taking morphine. The poll
cies are in forty-nine companies and
associations, and all but ST., 900 of
the gross amount is made payable to
persons not relations to the deceased.
They were nearly all taken out during
the past fourteen months. The COM
panies will contest payment.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-01-20
Estate or j. M. Green.
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT

t.
State of Vermont, District of Lamoille, SIN
Probate Court, held at Hyde Park, within and
for said dist. on the 4th day of January, A. ID.
1887.
S. NJ. Green, Administrative of the estate of
j. Nj. Green, late of MOrristown, in said dist
deceased, presents her administration account for
examination and allowance, and makes applica-
ton for decree of distribution and partition Of
the estate of said deceased. Whereupon, 1t is or
dered by said Court that said account and sale
application be referred to session thereof to be
held at the Probate ONCE in said Hyde Park on the
and decision thereon: And, it is further ordered
that notice hereof be given to all persons inter-
ested by publication of the same three weeks sue
cessively, in the News & Citizen, a newspaper
published at Aorrisville and Hyde Park preyi-
GUS to said time appointed for hearing that they
may appear at said time and place, and show
cause. if any they may have, why said account
should not be allowed and such decree made.
By the Court-Attest,
6Iw3 G. 5. PAGE, Register.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-01-20
Pro bate Court-LamoiIIeD District

The following business was trans
acted at the Probate Office in Hyde
Park, during the week ending Jan.
18th, A. D. 1887.
Jan. 1Oth.-Lucinda Reeds estate,
Hyde Park; A. NJ. Whitcomb appoint
ed administrator, l.. B. Sherwin and A.
A. Spicer appraisers and commissioners.
Daniel Heath's estate, Hyde Park; ad-
ministrator settles his account.
Jan. 11th.-J. M. Green's estate. Nor
ristown; commissioners of homestead
and dover make report. Mary and
Freddie Leach, minors, Waterville :
Ami Leach appointed guardian.
Jan. 12.-Oliver Saunders estate, Nor
ristown; special administrator settles
his account.
Jan. 14th.-T. D. Powell's estate,
Cambridge; settlement CONTINUED to
Feb. 1st, 1887.
Jan. 15th.-I. 7. Vincent's estate,
Morristown Mrs. G. G. Dodge settled
G. G. Dodge'S administration account
with said estate.
IN INSOLVENCY.
Jan. John G. Trow, insolvent
debtor, Wolcott; End and 3rd meeting
of creditors called, hearing set for Jan.
31st, 1887.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-01-20
Annual Collecting Trip.

In accordance with the usual custom
a representative Of this paper will be
at the places named below for the pug-
pose of receiving subscriptions for the
News AND CITIZEN and other periodi-
Gals with which we club. Many are
availing themselves of the remarkable
offer we make for this paper and the
New York Tribune, and we expect
many more will fall into the line. Read
the offer in first column. Our agent
can be found at the post-office in each
town on the dates given:
Waterville, Thursday, Jan. goth,
from II a. m. to A p. m.
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10 a. m. to 8 p. m.
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TO EVERYBODY IN ARREARs.-Many
of our subscribers are in arrears from
one year upward. Let no one think that
the amount they owe is of little account
to us, as these sums aggregate large
amount, and at this season of the year
we need every dollar due us. This is
general dun for everybody to pay that
can. No papers discontinued until all
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of the publishers.